Mauro Cantoro
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Mauro Cantoro | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Ramos Mejia, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vélez Sársfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2000 | Vélez Sársfield | 8 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Atlético de Rafaela (loan) | (6) | |
| 1998 | → Universitario (loan) | 30 | (13) |
| 1999 | → Universitario (loan) | 20 | (9) |
| 2000 | → Blooming (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2000 | Atlético de Rafaela | (3) | |
| 2001 | Ascoli | 9 | (2) |
| 2001–2009 | Wisła Kraków | 164 | (10) |
| 2010 | Odra Wodzisław | 12 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Juventud Antoniana | ||
| 2011–2013 | Deportivo Morón | ||
| 2013–2014 | Pacífico | ||
| 2014 | Unión Comercio | 36 | (7) |
| 2014 | Atlético Minero | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | León de Huánuco | 5 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1993 | Argentina U17 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Roberto Mauro Cantoro (born 1 September 1976 in Ramos Mejia, La Matanza Partido, Argentina), nicknamed El Toro, is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He also has Italian and Polish citizenships.
Personal life
[edit]Having previously gained Italian citizenship,[1] after several years spent in Poland, he gained Polish citizenship in 2008 at the age of 31.[2] His maternal grandfather, Bazyli Wolczak, born 1901, emigrated to Argentina from Galicja at the age of 14.[1]
He married Adrianna, a woman he met in 1990 on a beach in Mar de la Plata.[3] He has two sons; Mauro and Tiago, who both were born and grew up in Poland.[4]
He is fluent in Polish,[5] Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.[3]
Club career
[edit]Cantoro started his career at Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield in the Primera Division Argentina in 1994. After three years of limited appearances in the first team he moved to Atlético Rafaela of the Argentine 2nd division for the Clausura 1997 season.
In 1998 and 1999, Cantoro played for Universitario de Deportes of Peru before having short spells with Club Blooming of Bolivia and Ascoli in Italy. He joined Wisła Kraków in 2001, where he became one of the most widely recognised players in the country, and a club icon.[6]
He then joined strugglers Odra Wodzisław in 2010 after leaving Wisła in 2009, however his stay was short-lived.
He returned to South America as his career was nearing its end, where he played for several Argentine lower division clubs. However, he then moved to Peru, where he played for several top-flight clubs.
International career
[edit]Cantoro played for the Argentina U17s in the 1993 FIFA Under-17 World Cup. After receiving a Polish passport in 2008, he was a contender to be called up to the national squad, however the nationality switch never materialised, partly due to the fact he had previously made an appearance for Argentina at youth level.[7]
Honours
[edit]Universitario de Deportes
- Primera División Peruana Apertura: 1998
- Primera División Peruana: 1998, 1999
Wisła Kraków
Individual
[edit]- Ekstraklasa Midfielder of the Year: 2004
References
[edit]- ^ a b Przegląd Sportowy Onet przegladsportowy.pl [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Cantoro odebrał polski paszport".
- ^ a b "Żona dla obcokrajowca".
- ^ "W trosce o synów".
- ^ "Wyborcza.pl - Najświeższe wiadomości od Gazety Wyborczej".
- ^ "Raport SportoweFakty.pl: Najlepsi obcokrajowcy w historii T-Mobile Ekstraklasy - 6". 19 August 2014.
- ^ "Pierwsza Liga - 1 Liga piłki nożnej - wyniki, terminarz".
External links
[edit]- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 July 2012)
- Mauro Cantoro at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
- Club Universitario de Deportes footballers
- Club Blooming players
- Atlético de Rafaela footballers
- Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players
- Wisła Kraków players
- Odra Wodzisław Śląski players
- Juventud Antoniana footballers
- Deportivo Morón footballers
- Unión Comercio footballers
- Atlético Minero footballers
- León de Huánuco footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Serie C players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
- Polish people of Argentine descent
- Polish people of Italian descent
- Naturalized citizens of Poland
- Naturalised association football players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland